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Echo Island is the electronic music venture of Wisconsinite Brad Hawes. For a decade, Hawes cut his teeth playing drums in several local bands in Madison before launching Echo Island in Early 2011. In the first couple years of the project, he wrote two albums and did a handful of remixes trying to find  his footing with Echo Island. More recently, Brad asked his wife Kara to contribute as a member of Echo Island and together the Haweses, wrote and recorded their most recent and most cohesive work to date “Hivernal.” On “Hivernal”, the duo sonically brings you to a wintry Wisconsin on a wind of jazzy ambience.  Much like a white Wisconsin landscape, “Hivernal” can be cold and barren, but more often than not the songs show a strange yet mystic beauty similar to untracked snow in the dead of January.

San Francisco-based DJ Ben Fonik, has brought house and techno to SOMA bars and clubs since 2019, playing parties like Pink Block, Breakfast of Champions, Sneaks, and Chunk.  He’s the Director of Music for Bearrison Street Fair and a resident DJ at Lone Star Saloon and Lazy Bear Week.  He plays a range of styles from deep, left-field tech and techno to bassline-driven funky house.  With a deep love for the dance floor, he keeps an infectious, energetic vibe front and center when playing tunes.

The Fatal Eggs - Garage-Pop-Experimental nerds from Madison Wi. 
Borrowing liberally from classic pop, garage and eclectic rock, the Fatal Eggs craft familiar yet modern tunes. 

Dane Law & Chants - Gurum Triads LP out now on The Trilogy Tapes
Chants & Dave Schoepke - Speleogenesis out now on Maloca Records

Releases on TTT/Maximum Airtime/Impossible City Records/Astral Plane Recordings/Hush Hush Records(@hush-hush-records)/Dutty Artz.

DJ booking: chants.sound@gmail.com

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